Different outcomes of nosocomial infection with hepatitis C virus from the same origin

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-661

  Kakizaki, Satoru ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Yuichi ^a   Sohara, Naondo ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Nagamine, Takeaki ^b   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; HLA; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INSULIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 33644898813     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.659     Document Type: Article

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